Comment by sorsa

He patrols up in the air above the Mantid infested village at the leftmost edge of the map, next to the great wall. Unless you /target him or use an addon like NPCscan, it can be hard to spot him among all the other mantids flying around.

He dropped Plough Driving Grips and Dynasty of Steel at the same time, so while the trinket is a fairly rare drop, it does not share the loot spot with the other gear items he drops.

On the trinket itself, it is quite disappointing. The 'Whirlwind of Blades' guardian pet it summons deals about 4.6k aoe damage every 2s, which in itself would be decent, but has a pitiful 18k health pool so all it took during my testing was 1 dot or weak AoE ability from a non elite and down it went. A fairly useless Pandaria-outdoors trinket unless you are AoE farming mobs with absolutely 0 AoE abilities.

Comment by Sastron

Currently he can only be seen during certain zoning, I got him from the other zone and as I moved in he was gone. If you can't see many Mantis flying around don't try to find him.

Comment by silmarilla

Hello i also just killed him and he dropped for me the Thunderfall Gauntlets just to let you guys know that because it doesnt say that under the "drops" tab

Comment by Lore

For a full guide on all the rare elites of Pandaria go to this post in the guide section.

Comment by playami

soloed as a 87 blood DK, i wipe once on him... stay away from tornados bro.. what i did was tag him near the big wall and just keep walking backwards while hitting him so i could stay away from the tornados, do that and you wont have any problems. the reason behind getting him to the wall was so you wont agroo any other mobs. it drooped the cool trinket and plate gloves.

Comment by aliszmira

Found him in Stoneplow Fields in Valley of the Four Winds at approximately 5:30pm EST on the Earthen Ring server. If you were looking at the map, I was right below the "S" in Stoneplow and near the West side of the trail in the rift near the abandoned tower. Took me ( feral combat druid ) and a resto druid to take him down due to the tornadoes, blade flurry and additional mobs I was accidently pulling. Don't underestimate him; I rushed him and wiped after getting him to nearly half HP. Steer clear of his Blade Flurry by running behind him when he casts it. The tornadoes take a nice chunk of HP as well, so do your best to avoid them. He dropped Gloves of Congealed Mist & Small Bag of Goods, which contained 13 Gold 77 Silver 78 Copper, Windwool Cloth x 17, Mote of Harmony x 3, and Kyparite x 25. I got the A Worthy Opponent. Good luck!

Edit: Just submitted a screenshot for reference. Again, good luck!

Comment by Sharkon

Mantid are probably the deadliest rares in Pandaria, as their mechanics have the fewest countermeasures.

Windsong is a Mantid's weakest ability. The Mantid gains attack damage and movement speed, and cannot be snared, rooted, or slowed. Be ready to heal or use a defensive cooldown.

Tornado creates a persistent whirlwind that orbits your location when the spell was cast, dealing massive damage if it comes in contact with you. Try to place these in locations you can stay out of for a while, but be ready to deal with multiples as they last long enough for two or three to be active at the same time.

Blade Flurry is a Mantid's most lethal attack, dealing massive damage in a cone in front of the Mantid. The Mantid remains stationary and facing the same direction from the moment he starts to cast the spell, so it can be avoided simply by running through him, but the cast time is very brief and latency can often cause you to take a tick of damage even if you are clearly out of the area of effect. Stunning the Mantid during the channel will end the spell, but this isn't recommended as the spell is totally harmless and effectively a self-stun if you're not standing in it, and if you are then you're likely to be dead before you can get the stun off.

Comment by webster2020

And yet again like the other rare spawns I have downed, he dropped Plate.

Comment by ziggy29

Very easy kill with an 86 BM hunter --the main thing was to kite this guy away from all the other mantids in the area. Put pet on passive, threw misdirection and hit him. Then I ran away from most of the other swarming mantids, sent my pet to attack and kept popping heals on the pet. The main thing was to avoid drawing other mantids into the fight, and at that point it was very easy.

Comment by Furydeath

This mob is phased with the OLD part of 4 winds so if you unlock the part with the big bug on the wall GL finding him cause he wont spawn in that part.

Comment by unholynite

Clearly a referance to Jack the ripper.

Comment by Synonymous

Drag him to coords: 9.2, 54.2 and three pandaren npcs, Fo Sho Knucklebump (lol) and his two sidekicks, will help you beat him down. >:D

Comment by Tealgod

My biggest problem when soloing him on an appropriately leveled character is adds being pulled, so pull him away from others, or clear a few mobs (without looting right away) to keep yourself slightly safe while fighting him.

Comment by EnjeruSan

Anyone know the spawntimmer of this rare? I saw him a few times when i lvled up. But now I cleared all quests and I cant see him. Tho there are alot of Mantis mobs flying around. Maybe I am just there at the wrong spawntime. So anyone know the spawntimmer by any chanse? :)

Comment by Celano

This bug is bugged by phasing. NPCScan will pick him up at a distance, I can target him, but when I get in to actual firing range he phases out. :p

Edit: I "fixed" this by finishing all quests in the area. No phasing troubles now. :)

Comment by hoffajr

After having struggled a bit with the zoning issues when attempting to kill him I managed to stand at 10,45 (top of his patrol route, and pull him there,

Comment by Amulrei

My best suggestion is fight him on your terms, not his.

Tag him and drag him back to the farm, away from his swarm of buddies. This will give you plenty of room to move away from his two hard hitting attacks, Tornado or Blade Flurry. Any time he goes for either of them, clear the area, keep him tagged with a ranged attack and let him come to you. Also bear in mind he is NOT immune to stuns or CCs. You can use them to interrupt his casting as well.

As long as you pull him back to a mob-free area and give his two gimmick attacks a wide berth, you should be just fine.

Comment by taohinton

On aggro:

Far from home, aren't you?

Definitely one of the creepiest champion quotes, imo ;)

Comment by Zathman

Regarding Sharkon's post:

Although deadly, Mantid Rares are pretty easy to take if you've got just a little speed and observation on your side.

* Windsong can generally be ignored if you're relative good at keep your health up. I've never really noticed the extra damage - but that also goes along with being in tank spec. Those with lower armor will just have to be dilligent self-healers, but that is a fact of life when fighting any Rare.

* Tornado is easily countered by simply moving 5-8 paces away from where Tornado was cast. Yes the Tornados wander, but they seem to stay within a certain range of where they were cast. Good rule of thumb, is find a patch of ground where you can move a lot without pulling too many adds.

* Blade Flurry is painful. Especially if you're not very watchful and don't watch their cast bars. However, I haven't been successfully hit by any Mantid rare in quite a while by doing a combination of things: Stunning and Shifting Right. Stuns are helpful to buy you some time, though in my experience Mantid rares will re-cast Blade Flurry after coming out of stun if they were interrupted. Shifting Right though has kept me safe. When you see them start to cast Blade Flurry, just move directly right, and maybe a little forward (towards behind them). Blade Flurry casts in a cone shape directly in front of them, and moving backwards will most likely get you hit.

Comment by jessican666

Nal'lak the Ripper is one of the various Pandarian rare elites found in the Valley of the Four Winds. This particular npc can be pretty hard to spot, so you will have to keep a sharp eye out since it blends easily with all the hundreds of Mantid in the area. He is notable for being slightly bigger then the rest and a different color.

Like all Mantid rare elites, Nal'lak the Ripper requires a careful approach as his abilities can very easily and quickly kill you if caught within them. Like all Mantid rare elite's he will simply melee when you encase him, but shorty after he will use one of the most deadly abilities of all Rare elites Blade Flurry, which is a channeled spell that rapidly slices exponential in a cone in front of him for allot of damage(100k-128k per slice). When you see him preparing to use it, run away and dont stand in front of him.

After this he will chase and melee you again, at which point he will cast(if dps is on level) Tornado Which creates a tornado that circles around the area it was cast. IMPORTANT! Do not at any time be caught in the tornado's path. It does last quite a while, and depending on the length of the fight, dozens will be spinning around the area. If caught within the tornado it will have the same effect as Blade Flurry. During this phase he will usually cast Windsong after Tornado which increases his attack and movement speed. This cycle repeats till defeated so stay on your toes. Mantid are a formidable foe.

Nal'lak the Ripper can be found at Stoneplow, in Valley of the Four Winds, flying among the other Mantid.

Like all the rare elites in the valley of the four winds, Nal'lak the Ripper drops one of many blue/rare hand slot items which is guaranteed to drop upon defeat. Less often it would drop a Small Bag of Goods alongside a random blue/rare hand item. And very rarely it will drop its Unique Vanity item Dynasty of Steel which is a trinket that spawns a guardian that acts as a dps unit for 10 min. Please note that all three can drop at the same time, tough not that often. Dynasty of Steel can only be looted once, and wont be loot able again as long as you have one.

Blackhoof - Battle Horn: This is a must have for tanks, causes high threat to all enemies in the area.

Sulik'shor - Crystal of Insanity: This acts as an elixir that adds 500 to all stats, and only has a 15 min cool down. Very handy when no Flasks or food is nearby. Doesn't disappear after one use, stays in bag forever.

Sele'na - Wilted Lilypad: No longer do you require a druids Symbiotic spell for your extra ability. Does not vanish after use. 1 Hour cool down.

Comment by Shoadowolf

WARNING!ALL ATTACKS/SPELLS USED BY THIS RARE AND ALL OTHER MANTID RARES HIT HARD ON MEELEE CLASSES (Death Knights, Warriors, Paladins, Druids (in tank/dps spec), Rouges, and Monks) AND PLATE WEARERS, SO BE CAREFUL!If your class is NOT meelee (Hunter, Mage, Shaman, Warlock, Priest) and if you have a pet with you (Death Knights have Army of the Dead and , Hunters can use any pet, Warlocks have Summon Voidwalker/Voidlord, Mages have Summon Water Elemental, Shamans can use and/or Priests can probably use Shadowfiend) use your pet to tank throughout the fight.Blade Flurry is important if you're a meelee class, so be careful not to get too close to him, the best way is to run a little ways away from him.Windsong- Avoid this, again, if meelee, just kite him around until his buff wears off.Tornado- You can see a little tornado swirling around in a cirle, STAY AWAY from it and move from a different location.

Wash, rinse, and repeat until you kill him!Good luck! :D

Comment by capphe1

Failed first time, but second time i killed him! got

Comment by bartsachs

An interesting to note is that is the only rare mob that's actually capable of combat in flight. No other rare(even Mantid) on Pandaria actually holds aggro on you despite being in flight.

EDIT: Downvoted for stating a fact? Nice.

Comment by MyNameIsRoy

****DO THIS IF YOU CAN'T SEE HIM/HE PHASES OUT**** As stated in other comments, you need to do the quests in the area, speak to Loon Mai and he will give you (at least this is the quest chain that he gave me):